jade.content.onto
Class FullOntology

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

ACLOntology, BasicOntology

public class FullOntology

extends Ontology

Field Summary

protected Introspector

introspector

Fields inherited from class jade.content.onto.Ontology

base, name

Constructor Summary

FullOntology(java.lang.String name)
Construct an ontology with a given name

FullOntology(java.lang.String name, Ontology base)
Construct an ontology with a given name that extends base.

FullOntology(java.lang.String name, Ontology base, Introspector introspector)
Construct an ontology with a given name that extends base.

Method Summary

void	add(ObjectSchema schema) Adds a schema to the ontology
void	add(ObjectSchema schema, java.lang.Class javaClass) Adds a schema to the ontology and associates it to the class javaClass
AbsObject	fromObject(java.lang.Object obj) Converts an object to an abstract descriptor.
java.lang.Class	getClass(java.lang.String name) Retrieves the concrete class associated with name in the vocabulary.
ObjectSchema	getSchema(java.lang.Class javaClass) Retrieves the schema associated with javaClass
ObjectSchema	getSchema(java.lang.String name) Retrieves the schema associated with name.
java.lang.Object	toObject(AbsObject abs) Converts an abstract descriptor to an object.

Methods inherited from class jade.content.onto.Ontology

getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

introspector

protected Introspector introspector

Constructor Detail

FullOntology

public FullOntology(java.lang.String name)

Construct an ontology with a given name

Parameters:

name - identifier of the ontology.

FullOntology

public FullOntology(java.lang.String name,
                    Ontology base)

Construct an ontology with a given name that extends base.

Parameters:

name - identifier of the ontology.

base - base ontology.

FullOntology

public FullOntology(java.lang.String name,
                    Ontology base,
                    Introspector introspector)

Construct an ontology with a given name that extends base. The object will use introspector for serialization and de-serialization.

Parameters:

name - identifier of the ontology.

base - base ontology.

introspector - the introspector.

Method Detail

add

public void add(ObjectSchema schema)
         throws OntologyException

Adds a schema to the ontology

Overrides:

add in class Ontology

Parameters:

schema - the schema to add

Throws:

OntologyException -

add

public void add(ObjectSchema schema,
                java.lang.Class javaClass)
         throws OntologyException

Adds a schema to the ontology and associates it to the class javaClass

Overrides:

add in class Ontology

Parameters:

schema - the schema.

javaClass - the concrete class.

Throws:

OntologyException -

getSchema

public ObjectSchema getSchema(java.lang.String name)
                       throws OntologyException

Retrieves the schema associated with name.

Overrides:

getSchema in class Ontology

Parameters:

name - the name of the schema in the vocabulary.

Returns:

the schema.

Throws:

OntologyException -

getSchema

public ObjectSchema getSchema(java.lang.Class javaClass)
                       throws OntologyException

Retrieves the schema associated with javaClass

Overrides:

getSchema in class Ontology

Parameters:

javaClass - the Java class

Returns:

the schema

Throws:

OntologyException -

getClass

public java.lang.Class getClass(java.lang.String name)
                         throws OntologyException

Retrieves the concrete class associated with name in the vocabulary.

Overrides:

getClass in class Ontology

Parameters:

name - the name of the schema.

Returns:

the Java class.

Throws:

OntologyException -

toObject

public java.lang.Object toObject(AbsObject abs)
                          throws OntologyException,
                                 UngroundedException

Converts an abstract descriptor to an object.

Overrides:

toObject in class Ontology

Parameters:

abs - the abstract descriptor.

Returns:

the object

Throws:

OntologyException -

UngroundedException -

See Also:

fromObject(Object)

fromObject

public AbsObject fromObject(java.lang.Object obj)
                     throws OntologyException

Converts an object to an abstract descriptor.

Overrides:

fromObject in class Ontology

Parameters:

obj - the object

Returns:

the abstract descriptor.

Throws:

OntologyException -

See Also:

toObject(AbsObject)